Hanger



April 28, 1931. E. VAIL 1,833,154

HANGER Filed March 10, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Eon 0v l/A/L .NVENTOR 6a 5mm ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 28, 1931 UNETED STATES EDWIN VAIL, or nntiivefron, onto 1 HANGER Application filed March 10, 1930 -sefha1 434,742.

This invention more particularly relates to supports of a type designed for use upon guttering, eaves troughs, and the like.

One of the principal objects of the inven- 55 tion contemplates the provision and arrangement of attaching means for the support having the fastenings therefor secured within a building structure beneath the eaves to obviate puncturing of the roofing structure.

Another object of the invention consists of means upon the attaching portions whereby the supports may be arranged at difli'erent heights in accordance with the degree of fall and angularity of the gutter or eaves trough.

More specifically stated the support is designed for application upon gutters and eaves troughs having single and multiple beads.

lVith the above and other objects in view,

the invention further consists of the following novel features and details of construction,

to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

H In the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of the support illustrating by dotted lines the manner of folding.

Figure 2 is atop plan view of a gutter engaging element for the multiple beaded type.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the support after being bent into shape.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the gutter engaging element.

I Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken 55 through a multiply beaded gutter element,

illustrating the manner of association of the support and gutter engaging element there- Figure 6 is a fragmentary front elevation of the gutter showing the invention in end elevation.

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 1 of a modified form of my invention. 7 v Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 3 show ing the modification bent into shape.

Figure 9 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the modification.

Figure 10 is a view similar to Figure 5 showing the modification attached upon a gutter having a single bead.

upon one side edge only.

in Figure. 3. Wide and narrow flanges 22 Referring'to the drawings in detail where'- inliyke characters ofreference denote corresponding parts,'the reference character 10. indicates a plate, preferably of elongated formation having tongues 11 and 12 of rela-' tively narrow width projecting for appreciable distances beyond the extremities thereof. Flanges. 13 formed by the narrow-ing of the tongues are bent upon themselves in alignment with the aligned side edges of the tongues and beneath the plate 10 proper. A gutter 'oreaves trough engaging element id in thenature of an elongated plate is disposed within the channel formed byrthe bending of the flanges 13 in the'manner suggested in Figure 30f the drawings, Those portions of the plate 14 protruding beyond'the. ends of the aforementioned channel are upwardly and outwardly inclined as atf15 and subsequently downwardly! 'inwardlyand up i Cl wardly curved to provide sleeve portions 16 for the accommodation of the heads, formed upon the opposite side edges of a gutter or eaves trough. The tongues 11 and 12, upstanding insp'aced' parallelism from the ends-of the supporting, plate 10 are provided with verticalseries (of aligned openings 17 designed for the accommodationof a single spike or other fastening,such as indicatedat 18, whereby each one ofthe supports may be arranged at different heights upon a'buildingstructure in accordance with the degree aoffal'l and inclination .of the gutter.

On Sheet2 .of 'thesdrawings, that'is, as shown in Figures 7 to 10 inclusive, I have illustrated a modified form of my invention and which, as evidenced from the Figure 10 'illustration isdesigned for accommodation and support of gutters having beads formed 11;!)

The modification embodies the essential characteristics'of theform of my invention previously described but difiers therefrom in the means of anchorage for the straight side ed e of the gutter; i m

uch construction comprises an elongated plate 19 having tongues 20 and 21 respectively upstanding from the ends thereof in a manner identical to the arrangement shown O0 and 23 respectively, carried by and bent from the side edges of the plate 19 are associated in the manner suggested in Figure 9 of the drawings. In this manner the support and gutter engaging means is constructed in one piece. The wide flange 22 is provided With a tab 24 upon one end curved upon itself to provide a sleeve 25 accommodating a single head of the gutter shown in Figure 10. An car 26 projecting from the opposite end of the flange 22 and aligned with that of .the tongue is provided with a horizontally disposed elongated slot 27 for the accommodation of a pointed projection or fastening, indicated as at 28, carried'upon the ear proper. Said projection or fastening 28jis to be passed through a slot in the straight side edge of the gutter precedent to final disposition of same Within the slot 27 in the manner shown in Figure 10 of the drawings. The tongues 20 and 21 are apertured to accommodate a spike 29 common to both.

In the installation of both forms of my in vention, it is to be especially noted that none of the fastenlngs are designed to puncture or otherwise penetrate any portion of the V roofs structure whereby leakage of the latter will notoccur incident to the installation of the invention as the spikes and fastening elements areembedded within appropriate portions of thelouilding siding, upon the extremities of rafters, etc.-

' The invention 'is susceptible of Various changes in its form, proportions and minor detalls of construction, and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall Within the scope of the appended claim. Having described the invention What is claimed is: 7

An eaves trough hanger comprising an attaching plate having connection terminally thereof with the op'posedside edges of the trough, a plate dispersed'in superimposed relation to and having connection with said at taching plate,'and apertured tongues carried by and upstanding in parallelism from the ends of the superimposed plate to accommodate a common fastening therethrough.

In testimonywhereof I affix my signature.

7 EDWIN VAIL. 

